The meeting was attended among others by Keshi; the Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo; the Minister of sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi; and the President of the NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari
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But on Monday evening, after the news of Keshi’s resignation broke and with adverse reactions worldwide, the NFF called for a meeting with Keshi
He was presenting his sports programme on Channels Television on Friday evening when he reportedly slumped and died before anxious colleagues could get him to hospital
The Nigeria Football Federation has been duly informed while Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Garba Manu, has been in constant communication with the hospital and monitoring the condition of the players
Odemwingie, who played for Nigeria at the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals, has been suspended from training for one week by his club following his trip to London on Thursday (transfer deadline day), on the understanding that he was going to join another English Premiership club, Queens Park Rangers
Keshi said on Saturday that he expects his team to give its all and come out tops in what is being projected as a spectacle
The Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Emeka Inyama, also said in Johannesburg on Wednesday that he sees the Super Eagles flying over the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Sunday’s mouth-watering Cup of Nations quarter final clash in Rustenburg
Addressing the players at the team’s evening training in Rustenberg, South Africa on Sunday evening, Keshi said the team may have been hard done by some calls by officiating officials but they should learn to finish games well and with wide margins before such calls are made
The ex-international however admitted that he held a meeting with his employers after the game which ended 1-1
The matter was resolved on Thursday at an extensive meeting Abdullahi had with parties involved in the crisis in Abuja
The management of the Warri side claimed the players have not been officially cleared to play for the Enugu club, and threatened to take the matter to the authorities
The letter also stated that Warri Wolves had in the past three years spent almost N40 million on these players, with Rangers not showing respect to those that own them and wondered what they will tell the owner of the club, the Delta State Government
Ositelu, who needs no introduction as one of the finest sports journalists of his generation, with special attention to tennis, died in Lagos on Wednesday after a brief illness, three months to his 70th birthday
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Speaking in Abuja, the Chairman of the NFF Finance Committee, Dr. Shehu Adamu, said the reports were not only in bad taste, but calculated to put the Federation in poor light and cause unnecessary tension in the national team’s camp
Also, former Indomitable Lions of Cameroon goalkeeper and skipper, Thomas Nkono, said the rebirth of African football has started with what he saw the Eagles play against a Catalonia selected on Wednesday in Barcelona
On Thursday, The NFF nailed the coffin on Baribote with the inauguration of Interim Management Committee for NPL
Competent sources at the Glass House informed The Eagle Online that the NFF will soon ban the former Chairman of Bayelsa United if it is confirmed that he has gone to court to seek redress following his impeachment
Irabor pledged that the members would do their utmost best to redress all issues hindering the development of the Premier League
Shocked by his exclusion, the Edo State born striker vented his anger on Keshi, stressing that he was not surprised